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VPNs, which can bypass China's Great Firewall, the world's most extensive effort to try to control cyberspace, allow companies and individuals to secure access...Reuters From ACM Careers | March 30, 2018
In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica revelations regarding the exposure of profile data for millions of users, Facebook is now facing an investigation into its...Ars Technica From ACM News | March 28, 2018
For years, Swami Sivasubramanian's wife has wanted to get a look at the bears that come out of the woods on summer nights to plunder the trash cans at their suburban...Technology Review From ACM Careers | March 23, 2018
The scandal that has erupted around Cambridge Analytica's alleged harvesting of 50m Facebook profiles assembled from data provided by a UK-based academic and his...The Conversation From ACM Opinion | March 22, 2018
European authorities on Wednesday proposed revamping the way many technology companies in the region are taxed, outlining wide-ranging changes that they hope will...The New York Times From ACM Careers | March 22, 2018
Facebook Inc.'s handling of user data has upset lawmakers and regulators in multiple countries. But the biggest risk to its business could come from angry users...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 22, 2018
Michael Goldblatt, a former DARPA official, says the idea of Polyplexus is "to create research into digestible chunks to drive citations and drive understanding...The Chronicle of Higher Education From ACM Careers | March 20, 2018
Consumers have long wondered just what Google and Facebook know about them, and who else can access their personal data. But internet giants have little incentive...Wired From ACM News | March 19, 2018
On top of assessing factors such as a program's accreditation, student services, faculty, and interactivity, experts suggest that prospective students ask these....S. News & World Report From ACM Careers | March 16, 2018
After 10-year-old Blaine Baxter injured his arm in a go-kart accident last year, painful daily dressing changes at the hospital made him so anxious that he had...CNET From ACM Careers | March 13, 2018
When top tech minds sat down to set the global standards underpinning today's cellphone networks, China was left largely on the sidelines. Companies in the West...The New York Times From ACM Careers | March 12, 2018
A new study by three MIT scholars has found that false news spreads more rapidly on the social network Twitter than real news does—and by a substantial margin.
...MIT News From ACM Careers | March 9, 2018
You may not have a real Porsche in your driveway, but augmented reality will now let you plonk a virtual one there using a smartphone—and take it for a simulated...Technology Review From ACM Careers | February 28, 2018
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook will co-chair the Chinese government's showcase global business forum next month, underscoring his increasingly high profile...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | February 27, 2018
A Cornell research team has discovered a way to encourage people to intervene in cases of cyberbullying on social networking sites.
Cornell niversity From ACM Careers | February 27, 2018
The encrypted chat app Signal, which NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden once said he uses every day, just got a mighty $50 million in funding intended to boost the...Newsweek From ACM Careers | February 22, 2018
A number of "alt-right," pro-Trump, and self-described conservative social media personalities awoke this morning to find that they had a lot fewer followers on...Ars Technica From ACM Careers | February 22, 2018
In 1984, two men were thinking a lot about the Internet. One of them invented it. The other is an artist who would see its impact on society with uncanny prescience...NPR From ACM Opinion | February 20, 2018